At the start of 2008, there were 59 building societies in the UK, with total assets exceeding £ 360 billion.

At a forum at the university during the 2008 presidential election campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama said that the university should consider reinstating ROTC on campus.

At the 9 August 2008 Legislative Assembly general election it gained a significant swing, gaining 11 out of the 25 seats.

At the end of the 2008 / 09 season, Chievo had an average crowd attendance of 13, 352.

At 84 years old, Daihachi Oguchi died on June 27, 2008, after being hit by a car across from his home in Nagano, Japan.

* At the end of 2008: 5, 304, 840

At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Entre les murs ( The Class ) won the Palme d ' Or, the first French victory at the festival in 21 years.

At the July 2008 election the NDC won a comfortable 7 seat majority over the government of former Prime Minister Keith Mitchell.

At the Professional Developers Conference ( PDC ) 2008, Microsoft also announced Windows Server 2008 R2, as the server variant of Windows 7.

At the end, rival Lebanese leaders reached consensus over Doha Agreement on May 21, 2008, to end the 18-month political feud that exploded into fighting and nearly drove the country to a new civil war.

At the end of the conflicts, National unity government was formed by Fouad Siniora on July 11, 2008 and Hezbollah has one minister and controls eleven of thirty seats in the cabinet.

At the 2008 Olympics, Vijender Singh Beniwal won a middleweight ( 75 kg ) bronze medal and Vikas Krishan Yadav boxer from Bhiwani district won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category.

At the beginning of July 2008, a network upgrade forced users to stop using ICQ 5. 1-applications that identified themselves as ICQ 5, such as Pidgin, were forced to identify themselves as ICQ 6.

At 8. 00am on 2 January 2008 completion of the takeover of ICI plc by Akzo Nobel NV was announced.

At the end of 2008, deposits in Jersey banks totalled £ 206 billion, down £ 6. 2 billion from £ 212. 3 billion at the start of the year.

At an event on June 27, 2008 in Unity, New Hampshire, Lynch formally endorsed Barack Obama for President ,.

" At Capitol, slavery's story turns full circle ", The Boston GLobe, Boston, December 28, 2008.

At the April 2008 " Toward a Science of Consciousness " Conference held in Tucson, Arizona, Marcel Kuijsten ( Executive Director and Founder of the Julian Jaynes Society ) and Brian J. McVeigh ( University of Arizona ) hosted a workshop devoted to Jaynesian psychology.

At the 2008 Download Festival Kid Rock was meant to appear between Seether and Disturbed on the Main Stage but pulled out at the last minute.

At the 2008 General Conference, the United Methodist Church approved full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

At the time of the last official census in Burma, 31 March 1983, the population was 35, 442, 972., this was estimated by the CIA World Factbook to have increased to 54, 584, 650 ; however, many other estimates put this much higher, at around 60 million: China's People Daily reported that Burma had a census in 2007, and at the end of 2009 has 59. 2 million people, and growing at 2 % annually, with exception for Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Britain-based human rights agencies place the population as high as 70 million.

At the 2008 ASEAN Regional forum summit in Singapore, Bangladesh and Burma have pledged to solve their maritime boundary disputes as quickly as possible especially that a UN deadline in claiming maritime territories will expire in three years time.

Following the death of Arthur C. Clarke, BBC Sky At Night magazine released a copy of the 1977 archive programme on the cover of their May 2008 edition.

At a press conference in November 2008, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez said, " Certainly, we think that the decision recognize independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia was fair and appropriate.

At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, the creative music video for " Virtual Insanity " won four awards ; Best Video, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, and Breakthrough Video, and the band performed the song at the ceremony.

At the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, Fatboy Slim won 6 awards for " Weapon of Choice ", the most awards at the ceremony.

At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May.

At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2008, MTV Unplugged received Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album and for Best Long Form Music Video.

At the 2011 MTV Music Awards, while receiving the MTV Generation Award, Witherspoon criticized stars who rise to fame through reality shows, sex tapes, or nude pictures.

At the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, Pearl Harbor won for Best Action Sequence.

At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, " Bitter Sweet Symphony " was nominated for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, and Best Alternative Video.

At the height of The Breeders ' popularity in the mid-1990s, they scored a number of MTV hits, including " Cannonball ", " Divine Hammer ," and " Saints ".

At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, The Hives performed " Main Offender " in a " Battle of the Bands " type of set up, with The Vines playing their hit " Get Free " right after The Hives.

At the end of the year, Time Warner Cable ( along with partner Bright House Networks ) and Viacom's MTV Networks could not come to terms for the renewal of any Viacom channel beyond the end of year.

At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video won in the categories of Best Female Video and Best Dance Video.

1984: At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, Madonna performed her iconic hit " Like A Virgin " wearing a combination bustier / wedding gown, including her trademark " Boy Toy " belt.

1990: At the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna gave a memorable performance of her hit " Vogue ," which featured Madonna and her dancers dressed in an 18th-century French theme, with Madonna bearing great resemblance to Marie Antoinette.

At the performance, Nirvana began to play, and Kurt Cobain sang the first few lines of the song, " Rape Me ", much to the horror of MTV execs, before continuing their regular performance of " Lithium ".

1993: At the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna opened the show in a gender-bending performance of her song " Bye Bye Baby ," in which Madonna and her two back up singers, dressed in tuxedos and top hats, danced with women in corsets in a choreographed, highly sexual routine.

1994: At the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards on September 8, shortly after a profanity-laced appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Madonna was announced to present the award for Best Group Video.

1995: At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, Courtney Love's band Hole perform the song " Violet " from their major-label debut album Live Through This.

At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga broke the record for most nominations in a single show with 13, and took home eight awards ( seven for " Bad Romance " and one for " Telephone ").

At the 1992 MTV Movie Awards he performed all five of the Best Song From a Movie nominees.

At 2001 MTV Video Music Awards Lady Marmalade was nominated for six moonmen, but only won two for Best Video from a Film and Video of the Year.

For his performance in At World's End, Depp won an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance, as well as a People's Choice Award and a Kids ' Choice Award.

At the 1992 MTV Movie Awards, Point Break was nominated for three awards including " Most Desirable Male " ( Keanu Reeves ), " Most Desirable Male " ( Patrick Swayze ), and " Best Action Sequence " for the second jump from the plane.

At the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, Leto and his bandmates wore Obama T-shirts.